Joseph Timilty

Corrupt Boston police commissioner 1936-1943. Appointed by Governor James Curley, son of crooked contractor "Diamond Joe Timilty". Took payoffs from hub gambling czar Harry "Doc Jasper" Sagansky. In the midst of a state crackdown in 1943, he withdrew $37,370 in cash from a personal bank account and safe deposit box. Indicted twice but each time charges were dismissed. Ran for mayor against his former mentor, Curley, was crushed.
A confirmed bachelor, Joe loved flashy clothes and uniforms with epaulets, the gaudier the better. Nonetheless, he was a close friend of the notorious heterosexual Joseph P. Kennedy.
In this undated photograph James Michael Curley is on the far right, next to Joe Timilty, on whose right is Cardinal Richard Cushing. In front of Cushing is Joe's namesake nephew, Joe Timilty. Like his uncle, Joe would unsuccessfully run for mayor (three times). Also like his uncle, he would be indicted, in his case for bank fraud. Always a loyal vote in the state senate for Billy Bulger, "Jailbird Joe" became inmate 19400-038 and was released in April 1994. Now a lobbyist for a race track, his son continues the family tradition as a state senator and his daughter is on the Governor's Council.

"Jailbird Joe" Timilty born 1938 stands in front of Cardinal Richard Cushing.